Cheryl Tweedy - Cole Takes Vacation On Malaria Recovery

British singer CHERYL COLE has embarked on a sun-soaked vacation in Los Angeles to help speed up her recovery from a bout of malaria.

The Girls Aloud star was treated in an intensive care unit earlier this month (Jul10) after she fell sick with the deadly tropical disease, which she is believed to have picked up on a trip to Tanzania.

Cole cancelled all of her work commitments for the foreseeable future, including her judging role on Simon Cowell's TV talent show The X Factor, so she can recover from the illness and has been resting at her home in Surrey, England for the last two weeks.

But the star has now shown her health is stabilising, by jetting off to L.A. for a break with her dancer pal Derek Hough to aid her recuperation.

The news comes shortly after Cole was reported to have paid tribute to all the doctors and nurses who helped her though her illness, telling staff at London's University College hospital, "I want to say how grateful I am for everything you guys have done. I wouldn’t be here now, if it wasn’t for you.”